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Cuspidaria
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Poromyacea
Family:
Cuspidartidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cuspidaria NARDO, 1840
Type Species:
C. typus (*=Tellina cuspidata OLIVI, 1792), M
Images
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Fig. F29,5. *C. (C.) cuspidata (Olivi), Rec., Medit., 5a-c, LV int., ext., RV hinge, X1 (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858).
Synonyms
Neaera, Aulacophora, Vulcanomya
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-Atl.-Pac.-Medit.-IndoPac.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Inequivalve, LV more convex, hinge with resilifer and one or more teeth, posterior end of shell strongly rostrate
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Anomalodesmata
Order:
Pholadomyoida
Superfamily:
Poromyacea
Family:
Cuspidartidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cuspidaria NARDO, 1840
Type Species:
C. typus (*=Tellina cuspidata OLIVI, 1792), M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. F29,5. *C. (C.) cuspidata (Olivi), Rec., Medit., 5a-c, LV int., ext., RV hinge, X1 (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858).
Synonyms
Neaera, Aulacophora, Vulcanomya
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-Atl.-Pac.-Medit.-IndoPac.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Cenomanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
100.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Inequivalve, LV more convex, hinge with resilifer and one or more teeth, posterior end of shell strongly rostrate